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June 8 1926. 1,587,948 R. E. HANKAR POWDER PUFF Filed May 29. 192 5 INVENTOE Patented June 8, 1926.

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BiLOUL E. HANKAR, O]? BROOKLYN, YORK.

POWDER PUFF.

Application filed May 29, 1925. Serial lie 33,611.

powder puff is made up'of a succession of plies or sheets arranged concentrically and of suitable fabric, preferably delicate paper, impregnated with the powder and having associated therewith devices by which each successive sheet or ply can be removed readily after use. The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with referenceto the accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which:

Figure 1 is a top view of a powder puff formed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a view of the same in side elevation. r

Figure 3 is a section on the plane indicated by the broken line 33 of Figure 1. V

Figure 4 is a detail edge viewof one of the plies.

In practicing the invention a fabric of suitable quality, preferably a soft paper, impregnated with (powder, is wrapped, folded, or superimpose in successive concentric plies or sheets a so as to form a pad, preferi ably somewhat flattened, as shown in Figure 2-, and of a soft and yielding character so that in use it will conform readily to the .oontours of the faceor'neck of the user. It

will be seen that-each ply or sheet forms a loop, the ends of which are removably secured in position. A paper of the quality desirable in other respects for such use as is herein contemplated, is diflicult to separate, one 'sheet or ply from another, and there is therefore associated with each sheet or ply, in the improved powder puff, a device by which each sheet or ply can be separated readil from that under or within it. In the embo 'ment of the invention illustrated the pad. is made up of separate sheets of paper and-for the purpose of securing the edges of each sheet together as well as for the purpose of facilitating the separation of each sheet from the next sheet under or within it, the two ends of each sheet, where they are brought nearly together, are secured by a paster b which is perforated, as at c, and

is also provided with a tab, as'at d, whereby the tab, turned up by the finger nail, can be grasped. between the fingers and the paster torn along the perforated or weakened line and the sheet removed. In making up the pad as shown in the drawing the pasters are preferably displaced one with respect to I another, as indicated, so as to distribute the added thickness due to the use of the pasters.

For convenience in manipulation there is provided a handle or loop f of ribbon, the ends of which are secured by an adhesive or otherwise in the middle of the pad. In use ofthe improved powder puff the fingers of one hand are slipped through the loop orhandle and the pad is applied as desired. When the outside sheet or ply has been usedit is removed, as described above, and a fresh and sanitary surface is thereby exposed for succeeding use.

It will be understood-that the invention can be embodied in various forms to suit the convenience of the manufacturer or the user and that the invention, therefore, except as pointed out in the claims, is not restricted to the particular construction shown.

I claim as my invention:

.1. A powder puff comprising a plurality of superimposed loops and'means to secure, removably, the ends of the loops.

2..A powder puff composed of a succession of concentric plies of'powder impregnated fabric formed into a yielding pad, and having a loop-handle secured to the central portion ofthe pad.

3, A powder pufl composed of a succession of concentric plies of powder impregi nated fabric formed into a yielding pad, and having a device to facilitate the tearing oif of each. outermost ply..

4. A powder puff compos ed of'a successionof sheets of powder impregnated fabric folded upon themselves and formed into a yielding pad, and perforated pasters secur- 

